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Written on Jun 22, 2019
I truly TRULY loved every single thing about it.
Such a great story, I didn't want it to end.
Pyrre Lakatur doesn't like the word skullsworn. It fails to capture the faith and grace, the peace and beauty of her devotion to the God of Death. She is not, to her mind, an assassin, not a murderer--she is a priestess. At least, she will be a priestess if she manages to pass her final trial. The problem isn't the killing. Pyrre has been killing and training to kill, studying with some of the most deadly men and women in the world, since she was eight. The problem, strangely, is love. To pass her Trial, Pyrre has ten days to kill the ten people enumerated in an ancient song, including "the one you love / who will not come again." Pyrre is not sure she's ever been in love. If she were a member of a different religious order, a less devoted, disciplined order, she might cheat. The Priests of Ananshael, however, don't look kindly on cheaters. If Pyrre fails to find someone to love, or fails to kill that someone, they will give her to the god. Pyrre's not afraid to die, but she hates to quit, hates to fail, and so, with a month before her trial begins, she returns to the city of her birth, the place where she long ago offered an abusive father to the god and abandoned a battered brother--in the hope of finding love...and ending it on the edge of her sword. -- Back cover.
- ISBN10 0765389878
- ISBN13 9780765389879
- Publish Date 25 April 2017 (first published 20 April 2017)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 June 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Tor Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English
Reviews
I truly TRULY loved every single thing about it.
Such a great story, I didn't want it to end.